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No. 613,446. Patented Nov. l, |398.

G. s. HILL & D. A. HlTcHcocK.

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GEORGE S. HILL AND DANIEL A. HITCHCOCK, OF BRADFORD, MASSACHU- SETTS, ASSIGNORS TO GEORGE W. PALMER, OF HAVERHILL, MASSA CHUSETTS.

SOLE-INKING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 613,446, dated'November 1, 1898. i Application filed Mariah 6, 1896. Renewed December 29, 1897. Serial No. 664,433. (No model.)

To @ZZ when@ it may concern:

Be it known that we, GEORGE S. HIL'L and DANIEL A. HITCHCOCK, of Bradford, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sole-lnking Machines,of which the following is a specification. v

This invention relates to a new and improved sole-inking machine; and it consists in the novel features of construction and relative arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described in the specification, clearly illustrated in the drawings, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying sheet of drawings,forming a part of this specification, in which like characters are used to indicate like parts wherever they occur.

Figure l represents in longitudinal section a machine constructed in accordance with our invention, the brush being shown in operative position, with the portsin said brush and reservoir in communication. Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. l, showing the end only of the machine, with the brush moved into its inoperative position to close communication between said brush and reservoir. Fig. 3 is a detailed view of one of the disks that form the brush.

Referring to the drawings, in the embodilnent of our invention therein shown and selected by us for the purpose of illustrating our invention, a represents a suitable standard upon which are mounted the several parts of our machine. This standard'rnay be supported upon the usual bench or post. (Not shown.)

a' represents an arm extending up from one side of the standard a.

a2 represents an arm extending in a substantially horizontal plane from the side of the standard a opposite that from which'the arm a extends. The arm a is formed with an extension a3, which is apertured, as at a4, to constitute a bearing and in which is mounted a counter-shaft a5.

o6 a7 represent fast and loose pulleys of ordinary construction mounted upon the outer end of the counter-shaft a5. The outer end of the shaft ai may be apertured, as at as, and

ervoir a8 and the surface of said shaft, upon which the pulleys a a7 run. The construction thus described constitutes a self-oiling means. The opposite end of the shaft a5 carries a bevel-gear @11.

0.12 represents a screw arranged in the end of the arm a2. @13 represents a check-nut arranged on this screw in order to hold the latter in adjusted position. This screw is formed with a pointed end C014. @15 represents a similar screw arranged in the upper part of the arm a', and upon this screw is a check-nut @16. The screw @15 is formed with a pointed end a, and the axes of the screws 61.12 a15 are arranged in the same plane, so that their pointed ends can serve as bearings upon which the reservoirb can rotate. This reservoir is composed of a conical shell b', formedin its lower` end with a cylindrical extension b2, having a solid head 58, which closes this end of the reservoir. The head b3 is formed with a depression b4 at a point corresponding with the axis of rotation of the reservoir, and in this depression the end @L14 of the screw 0.12 is arranged. The opposite end of the shell b is formed with in terior screw-threads b5. These screw-threads are adapted to engage the screw-threads bT on a cap be, that closes the open end of the reservoir. This cap is formed with a flange 198 to fit tightly against the rim of the shell b'. The cap be is formed with an outwardly-extending hub b9, that has at its end a depression Z910, and in this depression is arranged the pointed end a of the screw @15.

1911 represents a bevel-gear secured upon the extension b9 and adapted to engage with and be driven by the gear a11.

1212 represents a shaft having pointed ends that are arranged in complemental depressions on the interior faces of the cap b1 and head b3. This shaft is designed to be loosely arranged in its bearings and carries a weighted collar Z915, whereby said shaft can be held stationary while the reservoir rotates about it. At its lower end this shaft carries a brush 1914,

adapted to engage the mouth of apertures b1, formed in the cylindrical extension b2, in order to keep these apertures free from dirt or Sediment.

f represents a brush slidingly mounted upon the tubular extension b2 of the shell. This brush is composed of two opposing disks ff2, formed upon their opposing faces with two concentric rings f3, arranged one below the other, apertured, as at f2, to hold the bristles f1, the ends of which project beyond the periphery of the disks f f2 and which cngage the edge of the sole to ink the same. The disk j" is carried by a sleeve f5, that is arranged upon and in engagement with the extension b2 and adapted to be slid thereon by means hereinafter described, although any other movement might be employed for this purpose. The sleeve f5 is formed with one or more apertures f, adapted to communicate with the apertures Z216, in order to permit the blacking material contained in the reservoir to run down on the brush when these apertures are in communication. The disk f2 is formed with a central bore of a size to fit snugly upon the sleeve f5, the apertures f6 being arranged between the disks f f2. The disk f2 has a sliding engagement with the sleevefi, whereby the space between the disks f f2 may be contracted or enlarged at pleasure, in order to provide for a small or a large quantity of bristles. The sleeve f5 at its eX- tremity is formed with an annular groove f1, while the disk f 2 is formed with an extended part f 8, in which there is an annular groovef. The construction of the several parts of the brush is such that the latter can be slid back and forth on the extension 712, but is sufficiently tight upon said extension to rotate therewith. Instead of being arranged t0 be connected to the extension by friction, the opposing faces of the extension and sleeve b5 may be polygonal.

7L represents an arm projecting from the standard a below the arm a2. The outer end of this arm is apertured, as at 7L', the axis of this aperture being in the same plane as a similar aperture 7L2 in the base of the arm a2, and in these apertures is arranged a bar h3. At its inner end this bar is connected to a chain h1, arranged on a pulley 715, mounted in the standard, the lower end of this chain being connected to a suitable treadle. (Not shown.)

71,6 representsa collar arranged upon the bar 71.3 between the end of the arm 7L and the base of the arm a2. h1 represents a spiral spring mounted on said bar between the said collar and the base of said arm a2, so that when said bar is drawn to the right by means of the chain and treadle from the position shown in Fig. 2 to that shown in Fig. l the said spring will be put under tension and will when released from control of the chain throw said bar to the left from the position shown in Fig. l to that shown in Fig. 2, the latter being the normal position of parts when the machine is not in use. The bar 7L is formed with an upwardlyextending finger hg. A pin 7L9 is arranged to slide in a suitable aperture in the end of the bar 7b3 and carries a plate 71,10, whose free end is arranged in the groove f1 in the hub of the disk f2. A set-screw 7111, one end of which is affixed to the plate 71,10, extends through the finger 7L8 and is manipulated by a suitable nut 7L1`1, by which said plate and the disk f2 may be moved back and forth away from and toward the disk f'. The linger hs is formed with a projection or plate 7L13, whose free end is arranged in the groove f7. It follows from this construction that as the bar 7b3 is moved from the position shown in Fig. 2 to that shown in Fig. 1 the apertures f and Z116 will be made to register and the liquid blacking in the reservoir b will flow to the bristles f1, the sole of the shoe being held to the lower side of the brush. lVhen the strain upon the chain is removed and the spring a7 permitted to act, the bar will be moved to the left, throwing the brush to the position shown in Fig. 2 and slide the brush f along the sleeve b2, so that the aperture f will not register with the aperture 711i". By this construction the communication between the brush and reservoir is eut oif automatically as soon as the operator removes his foot from the treadle. Otherwise the blacking would continue to drip from the brush during the absence or inattention of the operator. By means of the screw 7L11 and its associated parts, as already stated, the distance between the two disks can be adjusted at will. The reservoir is filled with liquid blacking by removing it from the screws am L15 and taking off the cap 716. A sufficient amount of blacking having been put into the reservoir the cap 7) is screwed in place, the reservoir placed in position, as shown in Fig. l, and the screws L12 and (115 made to enffafe with the bearings )D C D formed in the ends of the reservoir.

Z120 represents a collar adj ustably secured to the extension b2 by means of a screw Z121 in order to limit the distance to which the brush can travel. The amount of travel of the brush toward the reservoir can be limited at pleasure, so as to limit the degree to which the apertures fG register with the apertures b1, in order to admit a small or large amount of the blacking to the action of the brush.

Having thus explained the nature of our invention and described a way of constructing and using the same, although without attempting to set forth all the forms in which it may be made or all the modes of its use, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a sole-inking machine, in combination, a rotary reservoir, a brush slidingly arranged on one part thereof, communications between said brush and reservoir, and means for moving said brush to open or close th said communications.

2. In a sole-inking machine, in combina tion, a rotary reservoir, a brush slidingly IOO IIO

mounted on one part thereof and adapted to be rotated thereby, communications between said reservoir and brush, and means for sliding said brush to open or close said communications.

3. In a sole-inking machine, in combination, a reservoir, a brush slidingly mounted on one part thereof, communications between said brush and reservoir, and means including a spring-pressed bar having a tongueand-groove connection with said brush for sliding the latter on said part.

4. In a sole-inking machine, in combination, a rotary reservoir, a brush slidingly mounted on one part thereof and adapted to be driven thereby, said part being formed with apertures communicating with apertures in said brush, means for sliding said brush on said part, and a stationary brush within said reservoir adapted to enga-ge the sides of the openings in said part.

5. A brush comprising in its construction a disk formed with a sleeve, a second disk arranged on said sleeve, and means on the opposing faces of said disks for holding bristles arranged therein.

6. A brush comprising in its construction a disk formed with a sleeve, a second disk arranged on said sleeve, and means on the 'opposing faces of said disks for holding bristles arranged therein, combined with means for varying the distance between said disks.

7. In a sole-inking machine, in combination, a rotary reservoir, a brush arranged thereon and adapted to be driven thereby, said reservoir being formed with apertures adapted to communicate with apertures in said brush, and means in said reservoirl arranged to scrape across the sides of the apertures in said reservoir.

8. In a sole-inking machine, in combination, a rotary reservoir, a brush arranged thereon and adapted to be driven thereby, said reservoir being formed with apertures adapted to communicate with apertures in said brush, a stationary shaft arranged in said reservoir, and a brush carried by said shaft and adapted to engage the sides of the apertures in said reservoir.

9. In a sole-inking machine, in combination, a rotary reservoir, a brush arranged thereon and adapted to be driven thereby, said reservoir being formed with apertures adapted to communicate with apertures in said brush, a stationary shaft arranged in said reservoir, means for holding said shaft stationary, and a brush carried by said shaft and adapted to engage the sides of the apertures in said'reservoir.

l0.` In a sole-inking machine, in combination, a rotary reservoir, a brush slidingly mounted on a part of said reservoir and adapted to be rotated thereby, a movable jaw or disk on said brush, means for sliding said brush on said part, and' an adjusting device carried by said means and arranged to engage said disk.

1l. In a sole-inking device, in combination, a rotary reservoir formed with an apertured extension, a brush slidingly mounted on said extension and adapted to be driven thereby, said -brush comprising a disk formed Lwith an apertured sleeve, a second disk slidingly arranged on said sleeve, bristle-gripping members formed on the opposing faces of said disks, means for sliding said brush on said eX- tension, and an adjustingV device carried by said means and adapted to engage said second disk to move the latter.

l2. In a sole-inking machine, in combination, a rotary reservoir, a brush slidingly arranged on one part thereof, communications between said brush and reservoir, means for moving said brush to open and close the said communications, combined with means for limiting the amount of sliding movement of said brush.

13. In aV sole-inking machine in combination, a reservoir, a disk-shaped rotary brush, communications between said brush and reservoir, and means for regulating the iiow of material through said communications.

let. In a sole-inking machine in combination, a reservoir, a rotary brush, communication between said brush and reservoir, and means operated by a treadle for regulating the fiow of material through said communication.

15. In a sole-inking machine in combination, a reservoir, a brush movably arranged on one part thereof, communications between said brush and reservoir, means for moving said brush, to open and close said communications and holding it after adjustment.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 29th day of February, A. D. 1896.

GEORGE S.'HILL. DANIEL A. HITCHCOCK.

Witnesses WILLIAM QUINBY, EDITH BATOHELDER.

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